Best War film ever made

Rating: 9/10 (23 February 2003)

....and, yes, that INCLUDES Saving Private Ryan. The Longest Day outshines every other war film ever made. Talk about an all-star cast! The list of stars is amazing - Eddie Albert, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Kurt Jurgens, Fabian, Red Buttons, Richard Burton, Peter Lawford and the list goes on! This film is also proof that you don't need a lot of blood and gore to make a film great - there is little blood and no gore in this one! The film is long - nearly 3 hours, but worth every second of it. This is a more or less factual film about the D-Day landing at Normandy. It includes many of the mistakes made on both sides during that fateful day. The story is told evenly - from all angles, American, British, French and German. The Resistance is given great weight also, as they played very key roles before and during the invasion. The Germans in the film all speak German with subtitles, which is fine and doesn't take away from the film at all. The only "I wish" that I have about this film is that I wish it had been filmed in color. But even in B&W, I gave this film a 9. Watch it!